Yvette Cooper Politician
Yvette Cooper (born 20 March 1969) is a British Labour Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford since 2010, having previously been the MP for Pontefract and Castleford since 1997. She served in the Cabinet between 2008 and 2010 under Prime Minister Gordon Brown as Chief Secretary to the Treasury and then as Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. She is currently the Shadow Home Secretary. She is married to fellow Labour politician Ed Balls.
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| Birth date | March 20, 1969 |
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Office holder
| election majority | 10979 |
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| office | Member of Parliament Chief Secretary to the Treasury Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Shadow Home Secretary Shadow Foreign Secretary Minister of State for Housing and Planning (Pontefract and Castleford (1997–2010) for Normanton Pontefract and Castleford |
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